As
recommended by the Advisory Committee on Public School Academic Facilities, and
accepted by the Commission for Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation, the Division
of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation (Division) is creating two (2) Statewide Needs Lists:
- Statewide Space/Growth Needs List
- Statewide Warm, Safe, and Dry Needs List
These two
Needs Lists will be ranked in order of greatest need to least need, will be
used to assist school districts with project development, and will be used as a
determining factor in the ranking of Partnership projects for the 2023-2025
Partnership cycle.
In order
to create the most accurate Statewide Needs Lists possible, each school
district must thoroughly update their data in the Webtool and ensure
that all data is accurate and correct. This
data includes all buildings on each campus, including ‘additions or original buildings’, age of buildings, gross square
feet of buildings, and building use, including whether a building is
underutilized or unused. The condition
assessment for each building/addition must be accurately completed. .
School districts
have until close of business on December 31, 2020, to update their data in the
Webtool. After December 31, 2020, the
Division will compile the Statewide Needs Lists based on the data that each school
district entered in the Webtool.
The two
(2) Statewide Needs Lists will be published approximately January of 2021.
The
Division encourages school district superintendents to be involved with all updates and submittals, and to know the Division is here to
provide support as needed.